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☆ Kevin McCarthy's bid to be House speaker is in jeopardy
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Scott Wong | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
WASHINGTON — In 2015, bomb-throwers in the House Freedom Caucus derailed Kevin McCarthy’s quest to become speaker. Even though no major news network has made the call, House Republicans have begun jockeying for leadership roles under the assumption that they will be able to seize power. McCarthy has spent years trying to position himself to be the next Republican House speaker. Some House Freedom Caucus members are outright opposed to McCarthy, while others are demanding concessions from him that would greatly water down his power as speaker. Some Freedom Caucus lawmakers huddled Thursday at the headquarters of the Conservative Partnership Institute, a nonprofit aligned with Trump.
☆ Bill Clinton and other Democrats make last-minute appeals in heavily Latino South Texas amid high-stakes races
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Suzanne Gamboa | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
Vallejo is one of three South Texas Democrats locked in highly competitive congressional races with Republicans who are Latina. “This is South Texas fighting for South Texas, and I need everybody in this fight with me,” Vallejo said at the event Monday. Clinton praised gains and growth in the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas. McCarthy, R-Calif., was in South Texas on Sunday for an event on behalf of the three Republican Latina congressional candidates who call themselves the Triple Threat. “We think it’s great that Bill Clinton is campaigning for Texas Democrats.
☆ There’s a Precedent for Kevin McCarthy’s Conundrum
  + stars: | 1910-03-17 | by ( Randal John Meyer | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A bit of history we don’t teach in grade school: 113 years ago, a group of U.S. congressmen carousing for St. Patrick’s Day forever deprived the House speaker of the power to control committees and legislation in the people’s House. The revolt against Rep. Kevin McCarthy resembles the one against Joseph Gurney Cannon . It was Thursday, March 17, 1910: St. Patrick’s Day, nearly 10 years before Prohibition took effect. Cannon was widely regarded as the most powerful speaker in history.
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